##VIDEO ID:ucOdtdI5PSg## all right here we go call the meeting to order please rise for the flag salute I pledge allegiance to the flag United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all the New Jersey open public meeting law was enacted to ensure the right of the public to have advanced notice of and to attend the meeting of public bodies at which any business affecting their interest is discussed or acted upon in accordance with the provisions of this act the Cedar Grove board of education has caused notice of this meeting to be advertised by having the date time and place thereof posted on Bulletin boards in the district published Andor transmitted to the Verona Cedar Grove times and star lger newspapers tap into online news filed with the Township Clerk and posted on the district's website could I have a roll call please David Grande here Lou marzulo Paul Pac here Cen Keegan here Don Dora here good evening everybody uh at this time I open the meeting for public comment on agenda items only seeing that they don't have anybody who signed up or interested I move to close that portion and we're going to start off with our student represented committee report today good evening how are you good how are you doing well thank you good evening everyone my name is Ava atano and I the president of all school council at Cedar Grove High School for the month of December mber we had a very successful holiday toy drive and all donations will be dropped off at the police department to be sent to St Joseph's Hospital for their pediatric unit during the last two weeks the cedar girl Halls started to get decorated with holiday themed doors for the annual deck the doors event hosted by all school council this event is the first of many that kicks off the countdown to lipsync the freshman's theme is Santa's Workshop the sophomore's theme is 12 the Night Before Christmas the Junior's theme is Grinch and the senior's theme is gingerbread the winning G will be announced at the pep rally on Friday and they will get first pick at their lip sync theme thank you and happy holidays thank you AA okay so nice to have a full house tonight we have some really exciting presentations tonight so uh Dr tanian thank you thank you Madame President and good evening cedor Grove School Community it is truly inspiring to see so many people come out this evening and we have a lot of great Awards and honores to be presented this evening I wanted to just take a moment to also thank can acknowledge our community this past week were the holiday concerts in all of our both of our elementary schools and middle school and the way the community supported those concerts was truly inspiring so thank you again for that for that support our Educators put a lot of work into those shows and to have so many people come out uh during such a busy time of the season it's very much appreciated um so just wanted to share that and then without without further Ado principal englas I'll invite you up and we'll start our awards ceremony for this evening okay do you like this um I don't think I need it okay use my teacher voice so um we're going to start tonight by we are going to acknowledge our robotics so this just so the people at home record yet my apologies okay we're going to start tonight by recognizing our robotics team so the robotics team is pretty new I mean it's been about four years old would you say Mr CER is that right got it right okay and it's been a labor of love for our advisers I just want to start before I even talk about the team I want to talk about our advisers uh Mr Coster and Miss halwani are here 10 11 o'clock at night sometimes I have to kick them out or the custodians have to kick them out because they are so dedicated to this program so I just want to start by acknowledging them and asking them to stand up with me as I acknowledge their team can you please come up here Mr CER Miss halani h [Applause] on so last week at Milbourne High School our two robotics teams competed we have two teams we have Team a and Team B there were a total of 51 teams competing at this tournament okay um both of our teams made it past six rounds of qualification and advanced into the elimination round this is where Team B led by Raj B bugel John M and Daryl aquesta made it to the final round of the competition which is unprecedented in Cedar Grove history ultimately Team B won first place in our skills category and awarded earning Cedar Grove High School our first ever robotics trophy so they also are now currently ranked first in the skills category in New Jersey and they will be competing in the New Jersey robotics championship in March so I would like these three guys the whole team they're here all the time I'm Saturday mornings I see them coming in out on the cameras I'm so excited to have Daryl Raj and John come up to the up here and take a picture with your trophy in there very exciting love there great job [Applause] yeah we want to get of the month one sure there in order for second and third start with we're going to move on to our student of the month um just so a little backstory our student of the month is awarded to a senior um we ask teachers to nominate students based on different characteristics throughout the year um these are different from academic awards they're really based on you know leadership and things that they've done inside building so September's theme was responsibility we asked our teachers to look for a student who is Dependable always prepared for class and advocates for themselves this student that was chosen is always full of energy and extremely supportive of all of our Cedar grow students she's always willing to help out the underclassman and she participates in so many class activities she's reliable organizes and manages her responsibilities efficiently she continu continuously supports her peers while still managing her own personal AC academic and social responsibilities congratulations Olivia Rico come on up congratulations y you stand right here so we get a picture um October's theme was everything is possible we ask the teachers to nominate the student a student who presents with positive attitude and is always striving to reach their goals this student finds the possible in every situation she is constantly showing up for her friends and peers at events she is ready to tackle any activity inside and outside the classroom I personally know that she always has a new idea to make Cedar Grove High School a better place and I love that mostly she puts a smile on everybody's face congratulations kayn louisy come on [Applause] up and our last student that we recognized so far this year was November student of the month our theme was gratitude we asked our staff to look for a senior who has learned to overcome obstacles and show appreciation and acknowledgement for their opportunities at school this student has immersed himself into the high school experience participating in athletics to theater he is never scared to challenge himself he has overcome very difficult situation and personifies great gratefulness every day by appreciating the good in life and showing up with a positive attitude and a desire to better himself congratulations Johnny ciso and being no M student in the month come [Applause] on congratulations that's [Applause] nice and our last um acknowledgements tonight will be for the cas and crew of wicked I just want to talk a little bit about wiked for a second a wicked Christmas Carol so um I didn't know how this was going to go because you know it's two different stories and I was like ah and I love them both so much but when I saw the show I I think I smiled the whole time you know from the subtle humor to the positive message at the end I mean and then going to watch Wicked in the theaters after I was like oh I remember that from Wicked Christmas Carol I just saw it um I want to take a moment before I talk about the students and acknowledge them I just want to thank all of our advisers who worked so hard you know our our producer miss libowitz you know Tyler cotch is back there he asked me for a shout out Mr lab is our assistant Mr fistner and uh Miss Jess and then Miss vogle Miss Lane who obviously did all the Art and Design so I can't thank them enough because they put in so many hours to this production um before I call everybody up for a group picture I know we're lacking a little bit we're a lot of students couldn't make it but I did want to acknowledge my seniors first so if you're here just come on up my seniors we have um Jack Simon kayin louisy Aram and Eddie derderian Sarah bayana Johnny cisero uh Rita hamy Jesse Franks Gabby contras Katherine Lara Caitlyn rendero colen fahe Angelina laaga and Deana afanador if you're with us please come out my [Applause] seniors she got a wicked got a wicked BL [Applause] I want to invite the rest of the cast and the crew to come up for a picture and receive your uh certificate [Applause] [Music] maybe matter Dana you don't want to [Music] [Music] okay ready let's see I think I got everybody yep one two three jees and one more awesome thank you so much [Applause] and this time we turn over Mr go talk about [Applause] Athletics good evening um I just want to start off first um I'm I'm going to recognize our fall athletic championship teams um who who are with us tonight I just want to first start off by congratulating all of our fall athletes coaches um another really good successful fall season um a lot of wins over 40 allconference players um five um a lot um a few All State players and already five um females who've committed to play college athletics um during that early signing period with a lot more signings to come so so we're definitely off to a very good start um I want to start with our girls soccer championship team who this season um had an outstanding season um won the super S6 conference Liberty division championship all right it was highlighted there were 5-0 in SEC Liberty highlighted by a 2-1 win over Mount St Dominic Academy on the road in that championship game um I kind of like to tell this story I know some of you has kind of heard this already before um I'm proud of it and and I think it shows a testament to what these girls have achieved um this year in 2018 our our super restic conference um is kind of aligned by divisions from best to worst um so the better you are the the the higher division you get put into in 2018 it was our first time the girl soccer team was in the Liberty all right they were 0 and seven and didn't score a goal okay um fast you know 20120 second time in that division they were 0 and seven and scored four goals all right so they're kind of making progress all right income the current seniors and juniors all right income coach Paul and Tommy in 20122 they were four and four all right four and four all right so we're getting there all right 202 23 last year was was six and two fell fell just short all right and then this year finished up 5-0 won the super as conference Liberty division so it's just outstanding progress call you up I'm going to start with the freshman and go up to the seniors here Giannis marado MMA Mary Verina Andreas Gabriella Ballinger Olivia Cruz Cara [Applause] Leon chlo Leon Kylie Matthew Angelina Mola Abigail milman moli magador Sophia babaski Ava breno Nina [Applause] [Music] Caputo Lillian [Applause] Hernandez Julia Zan and our senior is Victoria Babcock Emma Birmingham Ava corbo Katherine Lara Sophia [Applause] penaloza Ava Romero Alexa wolf coach Sami and Coach Kovac our super essis conference Liberty division Champions congratulations [Applause] ladies stay real tight girls [Applause] thank [Applause] you she all right I can't wait there's a lot of last but not least our championship football team all right 13 wins most in school history all right [Applause] 14 games played which I didn't think could be done all right um super Football Conference National Red Division champions for for for the fifth year in a row njsia North 2 group one state sectional Champions njsa North group one Champions all right reached the first ever group one State final in school history all right I talked about the wins um the team broke 31 school records this season all right um huge congrats to the seniors eight seniors finished their High School careers in the in in four years 42 to7 all right um super group super gr I can talk days and days on them obviously I'm close to them um I'll save that for next month um just an outstanding group congratulations guys all right um raise the bar all right I think it's the best team in school history all right I've been here for a long time I going to go through this quickly here starting with the Freshman all right Angelo albanes daname kerite [Applause] Sebastian Florio Marco marzulo Chris Miller John Carlo moresi Ken abajar luk [Applause] Cassidy Jak k tanerite Julian Cruz Matt gordano Max Herbert Bryce [Applause] Kent John kukut Jake lapra Michael Mercedes James [Applause] [Music] picano John picano Evan skich Andrew [Applause] Sedano Drew tur Jack Fones Michael verga Alex Z Jack Nico zunic Xavier uar Pierce esal Thomas Kitaro Michael [Applause] canarelli George the car Jerry delesio Chris Ferrara Sebastian Kovac Michael Leno Nate Mason Dylan rasm Mike Riano Jake surara Jerry Tara [Applause] Nick [Applause] Testa Gavin vonis and our eight senior Captain Santino Catalano Jake [Applause] Jordan Connor kurney Jackson Maurice [Applause] Steven Paradiso Nick [Applause] Russo Anthony trono and bishu Zaki coach Ori coach rander horn come on up [Applause] super Football Conference National Red Division Champions njsa North 2 group one state champions and North group one state champions football team [Applause] we're gonna have to squeeze in everybody come on come on make another row yes make levels thank [Music] you guys on the end move in into the middle oh chill [Music] [Applause] am you got it [Music] to the next session part of our agenda evening I just wanted to invite everyone who's in the room with us tonight before you exit if we could just take one moment to acknowledge our head football coach and athletic director [Applause] appet good job a good athlete really good athlete good athlet goodlet he just finished and now he's into basketball he peopley okay thank [Music] you this is everybody's anyway the audience is leaving anyway you want people watching online we got the TV [Music] production's you guys have anything okay all right shall we go all [Music] right moving along okay I think we only have one uh committee update tonight yeah thank you okay so Cen and I attended a uh a finance committee meeting on December 3rd uh the majority of the meeting was was really spent discussing the the annual statement the annual financial report as well as the auditor management report uh Paul Lurch who is the uh the partner for our certified uh public accounting firm was also present where he he walked us through both of those uh documents the annual financial report details the overall uh Financial Health of the Cedar Grove School District um which included a review by the uh by the committee of the the financial statements certain financial analysis and some statistical information as as well as of June 30th uh 2024 June 30th 2024 is our fiscal year end um and the auditor's management report really just focuses on uh specifically on internal controls and operational findings noted by the auditor in connection with their audit procedures for both reports we did receive a an unqualified opinion which means that um it was a clean audit opinion um with respect to internal controls uh certain control recommend ations were provided however none of them um Rose to the level of a material weakness or significant deficiency um the control recommendations were primarily around the areas of uh Capital project and Grant submission recordkeeping as well as um uh bank reconciliation so they were you relatively minor uh in in nature uh the committee members asked several questions of Paul all of which were answered to our satisfaction um and I guess I just you know want to extend my my thanks I know it's a lot of work getting through the audit not only for Paul but but also for our back office yeah and so you know I know I'm not involved in the day-to-day operations and activities uh but it appeared to have run smoothly uh seamlessly again this year so just wanted to extend my my thanks to that to to Paul and to our staff as well as the rest of us so thank you okay thank you Mr Grande um not much of an update tonight just want to uh wish everybody a happy holiday and uh enjoy some restful time with your family and friends good food good company and uh good health Happy New Year to everyone on the board and people at home and uh obviously our administrative team that are here tonight thank you if I could just Echo the same comments a happy holiday for everyone uh in our community and our our administrators as well uh very much again appreciate the support for our holiday concerts and I did have just one highlight uh on tonight's agenda for those who may still be watching at home um tonight's agenda will approve our 25 26 school year calendar and so in January the community can expect an update from me that highlights some of the adjustments we've made in that calendar they're not significant I think in many ways uh they'll be well received but I do want the community to know that come January of 2025 um you'll receive our calendar for the next school year as well as a letter from me with some highlights about that calendar and other midyear updates about our our district um related to our district goals and with that I'll hand it back to you madam president all right so now we can start planning our vacations yes all right exactly that's what's important all right let's do some business here under the business administrator's report can I please have a motion for G1 through g12 please so Mo second any discussion roll call please David Grande yes Paul pet yes C Keegan yes John D yes under superintendent report can I have a motion for H1 through H6 please so moved second any discussion roll call please David Grande yes Paul P yes San Keegan yes d d yes under Human Resources a motion for i1 through I 10 please so move second any discussion roll call please David Grande yes Paul pet yes s Keegan yes dwn door yes under special services motion for K1 to K3 so moved second discussion roll call please David Grande yes Paul pallet yes s Keegan yes dor yes this time I open the meeting for public comment seems there's nobody here I move to close that portion of the meeting um announcements of future meetings our next meeting will be um will be our reorganization meeting on January 7th uh it will be here again as well in the High School auditorium um 7:30 is regular time uh 6:30 if we need to Executive um with that happy holidays and I move to close the meeting all in favor is that meeting adjourned